>> this is 7 news at noon. >> first at noon out of philadelphia, police sworning a college, placed on lock down

>> police believe it is a case of a personal dispute and not an active shooter. >> reporter: police and fbi are on the scene of the community college of philadelphia. report of a man with a gun in the area and raced to the campus. a short time they determined it not to be an actor shooter situation. campus already on alert. this comes a day after atf and fbi warned of an online threat of violence at a philadelphia campus less than a week after a deadly mass shooting at a community college in oregon. philadelphia. police tweeting, lock down not because of an active shooter situation. police are looking for a suspect regarding a personal dispute. we'll bring you the latest live

in the news room, i am byron barnett 7 news. >> u.s. coast guard planes taking to the skies at dawn. mission, searching for survivors. el faro ship, debris located and crews recovered one body. national transportation safety board joining in the investigation. they'll be looking into the accident just like they do a plane crash or plane derailment. we are hearing from the wife of a crew member. >> reporter: the wife of one of those graduates last heard from her husband in an e-mail. he told her he was going to sleep and going to get rest before the approaching storm. ntsb launching its own

investigation. there are reports engine trouble prevented the captain from navigating away from the storm. heavy hearts at the academy. >> we pray for our shipmates. >> reporter: prayers and a moment of silence, two graduates along the 33 crew members missing after cargo ship el faro sank after running into hurricane joaquin. ntsb launching its own investigation. coast guard continues searching the ocean, they pulled a life ring from the ocean, so far no survivors.

>> we'll be looking at the data recorder. >> reporter: jeffrey graduated 1996. keith griffin graduated 2005 and lives in florida where his wife is pregnant with twins. >> i ask for your optimism, hope, your support. >> reporter: graduates from maine maritime academy also among the missing. they are planning a vigil in maine. here at the maritime academy, they are offering further prayers that is scheduled to take place tomorrow. live on buzzards bay, victoria warren, 7 news. >> reporter: court appearance for aaron hernandez, former pat's tight end in court involving the murder case in south boston.

hernandez charged with shooting and killing two men at a traffic light. >> his lawyers are trying to keep prosecutors from using a truck. prosecutors say if ortiz lied about other matters, doesn't mean he lied about information leading to the warrant. they want a witness intimidation charge dismissed. >> disturbing new details about a toddler tragedy in worcester. unsafe conditions inside the home with where a little two-year-old girl was found unresponse ive unresponsive. jennifer eager has the report. >> reporter: back in july, they found 13 violations inside the apartment building, trash piled

up and used needles on the property. two-year-old gg brown found unresponsive. she was likely dead four hours before she was found. cause of death has not been determined in this case. apartment building is owned by a woman in shresberry. most of the issues have been taken care of. >> the outstanding issue we have is bed bugs. exterminator went to the property. however, right now, we do certainly have a grieving family right now might not be the appropriate time to do that. >> reporter: city inspector had been to the apartment several times including when gg lived here. inspectors are mandatory reporters, they have to report

abuse or neglect. no such report was filed. >> turning to your forecast for today. beautiful fall day in boston. temperatures taking a bit of a dip. quickly climbed from there. jr, i can't imagine a better day. >> fantastic. norwood, low of 32. boston, low of 48. look at that turn around. temps, low 60s. city at 63. norwood, 64. fitchburg, 66. hardly any wind. we had the nasty, cranky northeasterly wind. that has been the issue. now with hardly any wind and mostly sunny skies, temps this afternoon above normal. upper 60s to around 70. our normal high 75.

mostly sunny skies for the 70. nashua 70. southeast mass, temperatures, upper 60s. tomorrow morning chilly. by the afternoon hours, numbers will climb into the upper 60s to around 70 . few showers friday evening. torrential rain fall coming to an end in care olinas carolinas. mandatory evacuations. fast rising waters caused dams to give way. let's go to nbc's jay gray live where this is happening in columbia, south carolina. good afternoon, jay. >> good afternoon, christa. terrible news we just learned, death toll climbed, 14 now confirmed dead as a result of the storms, governor of south

carolina, nikki hailey making this announcement. also giving a lot of people a chance of the damage the flood waters left behind. they are keeping a watchful eye worried more water could be on the way. >> reporter: sunrise for the first time in days comes without rain. orange glow replacing the clouds providing a ray of hope for many, shining a light on the devastation from historic flooding and difficult recovery. >> this is going to be a long haul. sun is out, thank god. we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: national guard is helping. in many neighborhoods, flood waters still rising. >> rain stopped but water coming from the upstate. >> reporter: more than a dozen have already given way.

still at risk ready to move families to higher ground. 350 evacuated yesterday. officers continue to go door to door in neighborhoods still under water. >> throughout richland county, city of columbia out searching for looking for houses, checking homes to make sure we don't have anybody in the home that needs help. >> in an area that needs so much help right now. >> reporter: look at the devastation here in this area alone, blanket of mud, two to three inches thick. when you get to the water, eight feet of water that rushed through this area. mayor says a billion dollars of damage or more. he believes in the hardest hit areas, clean up and recovery will take more than a year. latest in columbia, south carolina, ladies, back to you. >> all right.

thank you. update to breaking news out of philadelphia. police and federal agents say a suspect, person of interest is in custody at the community college of philadelphia. as we told you earlier, campus placed in lock down earlier today. federal and local agents responded. there was a report of a gunman on campus. they didn't describe this as an active shooter situation, more of an isolated case. person of interest is in custody, philadelphia police tweeting out that information moments ago. we'll be keeping a close eye on this situation. >> all right, crews in boston scramble to get a water main break under control. you can see the water flooding the road.

>> a pickup truck went off the roadway, crashed through a fence and slammed into this historic house. dates back to 1800s and once belonged to a sea captain. woman inside the truck not injured. >> passengers left with high anxiety after an american airlines pilot dies. a man's wife remembering him as a father and dedicated pilot. >> reporter: seemingly normal flight makes an emergency landing without incident. lands in syracuse safely. their pilot, 57-year-old michael johnston died mid flight. >> it is kind of a surreal, you feel numb. that is the only way to explain it. no, this is not real. >> reporter: his family believe he suffered a heart attack. >> he had problems with his

double bypass, 2006. >> reporter: because it was a red eye, most were sleeping when the announcement was made. >> i felt something was wrong when we went over a quick decent. >> they said having an energy due to the pilot not feeling well. >> medical emergency, pilot incapacitated. >> reporter: we are incredibly saddened by this event and will care for the family and colleagues. >> in the end we were shocked, now he is gone. >> reporter: passengers had no idea what happened to the captain until they boarded the plane heading back from boston.

eight children. nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> a woman speaking out after winning 310 million dollar power ball jackpot. can you believe having this luck? >> no [laughter]. >> technically single, not married. >> she was headed to work and make a quick stop at the gas station, she bought lottery tickets. mother of three and grand mother of 11 won 310.5 million dollars in saturday's power ball. she decided to quit her job instantly as a fiberglass company. now her focus is on her family. >> i am going to take care of my kids. i don't want them to have to

the things i had to deal with over life. if we ever percent won the lottery, we wanted to buy a bunch of land and build our kid's a home. >> julie bought 20 tickets in three rivers, michigan where she used work. the little community she plans on building for her family will be in michigan. she is not married but has been living with significant other 36 years. if they get married now, he has to sign a prenup. latest live in the news room, chris anderson. >> great. grand kids will be spoiled. >> i love how the tables are turned. >> coming up on 7 news at 9:00, fight night in the street.

animals battle it out in a quiet neighborhood. >> this is surreal. real life drama surrounding -- why they are defending one another. >> retired k9 officer. >> if you know a student between grades 6-12 doing something great, go ahead and nominate

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all the time." >> thank you. >> boston this morning, low of 48. norwood low of 32. numbers into the 60s. winthrop 62, randolph 63. merrimack valley, 60s. southeast new hampshire, 63. chill e l chilly this morning 66. temperatures down through the south shore. nantucket 61. orleans 66. high pressure with us, mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. more clouds in northern new england. high pressure nearby. we will tomorrow morning like this morning start chilly. by the afternoon hours tomorrow, warm to near 70 . also on the map this afternoon is a cool front. this will move into new england

tomorrow night. by thursday, still talking sunshine. afternoon hours thursday will only reach lower 60s. this afternoon, lots of sunshine, temps, 65-70. maybe going to do yard work. boston, 69, framingham 68. mold spores low category. tonight clear, chilly overnight. 40s-50s boston. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. pleasant day. upper 60s to around 70 . topsfield fair rolls around, upper 60s. seven-day forecast, 10 cooler than tomorrow. friday another cool front. unlike the one tomorrow, friday a couple of showers.

scattered in nature. upper 60s. holiday weekend forecast, dry, mix of clouds and sunshine. another warming trend, low 60s saturday, near 70s for columbus day. >> thank you, jr. rio de janeiro going pink honoring breast cancer awareness month. dozens travel to the statute to come together in this fight of a deadly disease. >> breast cancer is international. it has no borders. we are here tonight to see be written in pink just like eiffel tower and empire state building. you have to detect breast cancer early. >> reporter: according to the

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>> i am filming the video from behind the car. >> reporter: ten feet away from a thousand pounds, antlers swinging as the rumble continues. >> hair flying everywhere. one was just like carrying the other one all the way across the street. >> reporter: one bull moose gets the upper hand. >> they separated approximately in the street. winner kind of stood here in the street. i am the victor, we are the champions. >> reporter: there is moose hair everywhere, bistanding car caught a few blows. josh said he wouldn't mind another brawl. >> that would be great. >> reporter: they have seen

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>> u.s. coast guard plane taking to the skies focussing on finding survivors of the cargo ship that went missing thursday

el faro has sunk. we are learning theship may have suffered mechanical problems. >> we are hearing from the wife of missing crew members. >> reporter: heavy hearts march marching. >> we pray for all those. >> reporter: two graduates among the 33 crew members missing after cargoship el faro sunk. ntsb launching its own investigation. so far they found debris and unidentified body. they pulled a life ring, so far,

no survivors. >> we are looking at the data recorder of utmost importants to try to find that. >> reporter: jeffrey graduated in 1996. >> keith winthrop graduated in 2005 and lives in florida where his wife is pregnant with twins. >> i ask for your optimism, for your hope, for your support. >> there are also several graduates from maine maritime academy, search continues for survivors, victoria warren, 7 news. >> right now, court appearance for aaron hernandez for defense motions involving a murder case in boston. hernandez charged with shooting

traffic light in 2012 >> his attorneys say it is based on the information from a person that lied. they want charge of witness intimidation of alexander bradley dismissed. >> bradley was a witness. bradley was shot, therefore he must have been shot because he was a witness. >> reporter: testimony is going on, 7s dan hausle will have the latest first at 4:00. turning to your forecast, beautiful day in boston. fall foliage starting to turn as we make our way throughout first

>> mornings like this, get that process sped up. running a little late. fall foliage in northern new england. many of the offices up north of us reporting the numbers about moderate coverage. they will continue to accelerate as we work towards columbus holiday weekend. why do we have the fall colors? loss of daylight. less daylight. less chlorophyll production going on. colder mornings and wild afternoons speed it up. low 60s at this time. mostly sunny for the afternoon. temps close to 70. >> following more news, state health officials say a seventh person contracted west nile in massachusetts.

two have died from west nile this year. >> people in lawrence being advised to be on the lookout for a coyote. animal spotted in the area near sere drive. residents urged to keep pets inside and be careful when they are outside. when you see a coyote, call animal control. >> new riot in worcester, palladium says they didn't plan an event that police say was responsible for the chaos. fights broke out as people push towards the front door and mrils say they had to use pepper spray. five arrested. >> anonymous tip leading ipswich to boston alleged illegal growing marijuana operation, seized 78 plans, estimated to be worth $100,000.

suspect facing charges today. >> driver of a car doesn't know what happened. he was on the way to the store when he lost control on river street monday afternoon. collided with a parked van, pushed it 40 feet and ended up underneath it. the 32 year old was trapped until someone pulled it out. >> i was looking straight ahead. i stepped on the brake and i could feel myself going under the car. i was stuck. i couldn't open my door. >> police say speed wasn't necessarily the fannie mae and freddie mac to to -- factor but the ban was illegally parked. >> an employee used insider information to win hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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should face a court marshall . berg dal is charged with desertion for leaving his post. rescued by u.s. forces during a prisoner swap. john boehner retires thursday and a full house vote coming up 29th. he is pushing back until the new house speaker takes over. >> they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

>> this is video you might like watching from washington state. a farmer is shooting giant gourds about a mile through the air. this is an attraction. he brings in hundreds if not thousands of eager eyes to his farm each and every october. >> i don't buy very much. most of the stuff comes right off the farm. it is my pride and joy. very unique. >> that is what we are trying to

do here. we want to create an experience. >> every year, you will find something new on the farm. all of the contraptions built from scratch. >> he has a sign by the cannon that says gun free zone. >> a pizza carrying rat in new york city. a hood, mouse ears. online. >> poor jr, about thee times during the day we subjected him to this photograph. it is horrible. >> difficult to silenceme.

numbers responding from early morning. boston, 48. norwood, 32, bedford 36. air temperature measured five feet above the surface. when we talk about frost and freeze, many mornings, you'll have air temperatures, 36. cold air is heavy. it will sink to the ground. temps close to the ground get near 32. might have been patchy frost. i didn't get reports. wouldn't be surprised. city of boston, doesn't happened until halloween and later cape and islands. first 10 days of november.

lots of sunshine, 60s, high pressure with us throughout afternoon. more clouds off to the north and west. that is our next weather system. weak cool front moving slow. eventually that will sweep in tomorrow night. delightful weather this afternoon. i think tomorrow morning will start a little on the cold side like it did this morning. then the sun goes to work. upper 60s to around 70. this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. city 69 down route 24 corridor, dartmouth 68. merrimack, upper 60s, worcester hills, fitchberg 67. temps cape and islands chatham, 65. tonight 42-51. lots of sunshine tomorrow.

thursday behind the cool front. numbers are cooler in the morning hours. again compared to this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, 60. yet another cool front another sign of fall. little more gusto. this will produce a few rain showers friday afternoon. in terms of the temps it is not too shabby. columbus day, partly sunny skies near 70. >> quick action taken by a re retired police officer. suspects were involved in a break in crashed into the police officer's home and tried hiding under his deck. his dog started barking alerting his owner. >> ran up the street to the intersection.

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>> welcome back, everyone, picture perfect finish in minneapolis, two runners stepping up to help a man. they are giving him a hand allowing the 75 year old to set a milestone. >> the three strangers are brought together.

>> reporter: it is a photo inspiring thousands including one of these runners, gentleman on the right who help 75-year-old rick clayman cross the finish line. >> we saw the man go down in the middle of the street. it was clear he was going to need help. >> reporter: without a second thought matt along with another name justin ryanard got up to help him. >> these two guys walked me to the finish line. >> will we get there before five hours? i said i think. >> reporter: they did. all of them perfect strangers, all sharing a common bond. >> there is a little bit of comradery especially when you get to 24-25 mile point. >> acts of kindness i received

>> turns out at 75 he completed more than 30 marathons, now left with a bruised hip. x-rays show nothing is broken. he is back at the track. >> go around, reverse, three slow laps. >> reporter: back at coaching al be it with a walker. >> he was adamant about getting to the finish line which i thought was cool. >> what a story. his determination is so inspiring to him. >> coming up next in the buzz, rocking around the christmas tree, star studded line upset to take over the garden. >> for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies, one last look at

>> jingle ball is coming back to boston. >> this year's line up december 10th at the garden, taylor swift oyfriend, presale tickets. >> group of comedians, tracey and lopez will honor eddie murphy in washington, d.c. later on this month.

live" stars will pay tribute to murphy as well. >> fans of the iconic film trillion ji. october 21st, 2015 which is the day, marty mcfly and doc travel in the back to the future ii. bottle is collectible. pepsi is planning on making 6,000. >> singer sam smith debuting music video for writings on the wall. theme song for upcoming james bond movie "inspector." >> happy birthday. >> gwen, happy birthday. i would have never, ever, ever dreamed in my life you and i

>> that is sweet. singer gwen stefani turned 46 yesterday. looks amazing. she posted a photo on instagram #princesscake. >> happy birthday to her. love her. the forecast. >> fantastic, temps, 60s, city 62, norwood, 67, mostly sunny skies, 65-70. for tomorrow, near 70 , thursday more sunshine, few scattered showers friday afternoon. >> we are so glad you joined us at noon, that is all we have for you. >> 7 news comes back at 4:00 and we'll be back here tomorrow at noon. have a great afternoon, everybody. [captioning provided by u.s. captioning company] are you still waiting to change your bath tub? not any more. when i finally did it, it changed everything! only bath fitter

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